History of Indian Philosophy

SR No.: 007593
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Surendranath Dasgupta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1922
Total Pages: 2517
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 125 MB

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XXV] Teachers and Writers of the Madhva School 91 cases against the records of the Madhva mathas, and the MadhvaSiddhānta Unnāhini Sabhā, which is annually held at a place near Tirupati, took serious objections to his statements: Subba Rao. in the introduction to his translation of the Gītā-bhāsya of Madhva, severely criticized Krşņa Sāstrī for his orthodox bias, stating that he was not posted in all the facts of the question? Later on C. M. Padmanabhācārya also tried to deal with the subject, utilizing the epigraphical data, but only partially?; his book deals with all the central facts of Madhva's life according to the traditional accounts.
We have already dealt with the outline of Madhva's life. Madhva, on his way from Badarikāśram to South India, had met Satya-tīrtha and had journeyed together with him through the Vanga and Kalinga countries. In the Telugu country Madhva was challenged by Sobhana Bhatta, a famous monist, who was defeated and converted to Madhva faith. This Sobhana Bhatta was then styled Padmanābha-tīrtha. Madhva had dispute with another scholar who was a prime minister in the Kalinga country; he too was converted by Madhva, and was called Narahari-tīrtha. In the meantime the Kalinga king had died, leaving an infant son, and Narahari-tīrtha was asked to take charge of the child and administer the state on his behalf. At the instance of Madhva Narahari carried on the regency for twelve years and brought out for him the images of Rāma and Sītā which were in the treasury of the Kalinga kingdom. Madhva at one time had a hot discussion leading to a dispute with Padma-tīrtha, a prominent monist of the locality, who, upon being defeated, fled, carrying with him the library of Madhva; at the intercession, however, of a local chieftain, Jayasimha, the books were restored. Later on Madhva defeated another monist, Trivikrama Pandita, who became converted to the Madhva faith, and wrote the Madhva-vijaya. After the deat Madhva Padmanābha-tirtha became pontiff and was succeeded by Narahari-tīrtha; we have already given the list of the pontiffs in succession, with their approximate dates as far as they are available from the list of the Madhva gurus in the Madhva mathas of the South. In an article on the outline history of the Madhvācāryas
See The Bhagavadgitā, by Subba Rao, M.A., printed at the Minerva Press, Madras.
2 The Life of Madhvācārya, by C. M. Padmanabhācārya, printed at the Progressive Press, Madras.